U+1D89B "𝢛" Signwriting Hand-Hinge Little Thumb Unicode Character

U+1D89B "𝢛" Signwriting Hand-Hinge Little Thumb is part of the Sutton SignWriting block, a system used to visually represent the physical gestures and movements of sign languages. This specific character depicts a hand configuration known as the "hand-hinge," where the primary movement involves a hinge like rotation at the wrist or knuckles, and it specifically isolates the little thumb, often meaning the little finger or pinky in a flexed or extended position. It serves as a standardized glyph for transcribing the precise manual elements of signed communication, allowing signers and linguists to write down and share the intricate details of hand shapes and motions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D89B
Version Added	8.0
Name	Signwriting Hand-Hinge Little Thumb
Block	Sutton SignWriting
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝢛
HTML Hex Encoding	𝢛
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0xA2 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD836 0xDC9B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D89B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud836\udc9b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	SignWriting
Script Extensions	SignWriting
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other